The Ones: Camden Malik’s “Wit My Hands”

With artists releasing songs at a fast and furious pace it’s difficult for the average hip-hop head to keep track of it all—no matter how tapped in they are. That’s why we created The Ones, a daily post to highlight the song you need to hear curated by the Levels team. We sort through all the new songs—across all the platforms and subgenres—so you don’t have to. Thank us later.

Camden Malik - “Wit My Hands”

With a breathless delivery, Cali lingo, and dancing like he’s at a block party soundtracked by Mac Dre, Camden Malik is a traditional West Coast rapper. But though he’s Sacramento-bred, a portion of his upbringing was spent in New York. That East Coast influence has lead to him acquiring a cross-regional ear for production. On “Wit My Hands,”—from Malik’s EP Since A Kid—producer Sporting Life puts a spin on Cali music by mixing active West Coast drums and heavy bass with a sample that would make a New York hip-hop traditionalist drool. It’s the perfect blend for Camden Malik to spit his forward-looking, coming of age bars: “Workin’ on my good karma I need some forgiveness/Mama told me grind harder so I gotta listen.”